Operational models often balance assignment and capacity decisions under data uncertainty. For example, in operating room scheduling the decision maker must define appropriate limits for personnel overtime while accounting for random surgery durations. Typical approaches to hedge against...

An increasing number of local shops offer same-day delivery in order to compete with the online giants. However, the distribution of parcels from individual shops to customers reduces the rare consolidation opportunities in the last mile even further. Thus, shops start collaborating on urban...